Fernandinho – Page 2 – Football Scout

Fernandinho is a classic box to box player but has adapted to life under Guardiola at Man City. He’s now more of a deep-lying creator.

Football has never been so obsessed with individual brilliance and star quality given the quality on show but not everyone can the hero. There remains a place for the humble, workmanlike and dependable holding midfielder. Here are five who have been in particularly good form this season.

Fernandinho, Manchester City

City’s title challenge seemed to falter during the Christmas period when they suffered back-to-back defeats to Crystal Palace and Leicester. Notably, it was also the first two matches…

Fernandinho an 8/10 as Man City beat Everton to go top of the table

Ayermic Laporte and Gabriel Jesus scored late in each half to lead Manchester City past Everton and back to the top of the Premier League table.

LIVERPOOL, England — Manchester City moved back to the top of the Premier League with a nervy 2-0 victory over Everton at Goodison Park. Aymeric Laporte got the opener on the stroke of half-time when he powered in David Silva’s free kick before Gabriel Jesus added a second deep in injury time.
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(Pep Guardiola wants to lead from the front and he will be delighted to have edged back to the top for the first time in two months. While Liverpool have a game in hand, being second in the…

Will Brazil lure Fernandinho back for redemption at Copa America?

Fernandinho took a lot of heat after Brazil went out in the World Cup quarterfinals against Belgium.
After his Burnley side took a weekend mauling from Pep Guardiola’s men, coach Sean Dyche was emphatic. Manchester City, he said, are in the fight to win all possible titles this season.
The Premier League has become a little bit harder for City after Tuesday’s 2-1 defeat at Newcastle, when Fernandinho gave away a late penalty. Nevertheless, the Brazilian midfielder is a key component of the team’s four pronged title charges. City suffered a little dip in form during his absence last month. Fernandinho…

Danilo struggles, Fernandinho makes massive mistake as City dealt title-race blow at Newcastle

Sergio Aguero scored in the first minute but it was Newcastle who found the comeback, dealing Man City a blow to their title defense.
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, England — Manchester City’s title hopes suffered a major blow with a shock 2-1 defeat at Newcastle United. Sergio Aguero put the Premier League champions ahead after just 24 seconds but a Salomon Rondon goal and Matt Ritchie penalty stunned the visitors.

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City’s imposing midfield trio of Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva and Fernandinho started together for just the second time this season — and the first in the Premier League. Bernardo Silva has been one of the champions’…

Man City wait on Fernandinho fitness ahead of Liverpool clash

A thunderous strike from Leicester City’s Ricardo Pereira condemned Manchester City to consecutive league defeats for the first time since 2016.

Steve Nicol addresses Manchester City’s predicament after last season’s champions suffered consecutive defeats for the first time in two years.

Man City’s Ilkay Gundogan talks through his favourite Manchester City goals from 2018.

As 2018 nears an end, Manchester City’s Leroy Sane takes us back to remembering the best training ground nutmegs of the year.
Fernandinho is in a race to be fit for Manchester City’s trip to Southampton and the top-of-the-table clash with Liverpool.
The Brazilian midfielder has missed City’s last two games — the back-to-back defeats to Crystal Palace and Leicester City — with a minor muscle injury.
Fernandinho’s absence has been a big blow with City not having a natural replacement. John Stones played in the holding role against Palace before dropping back into defence with City 3-1 down and chasing a game they eventually…

Manchester City’s Fernandinho: Pep Guardiola trying to give me as much rest as possible

Sergio Aguero shrugs off talk of an unbeaten Premier League season after Manchester City’s victory over rivals Manchester United.

Steve Nicol and Craig Burley examine Manchester City’s dominance of rivals Man United in a 3-1 derby win that showed the gulf between the two sides.

David Silva, Sergio Aguero and Ilkay Gündogan all scored for Manchester City as they dominated Manchester United in a 3-1 victory.

Craig Burley breaks down Manchester City’s 3-1 win over Manchester United, which he says demonstrates the gap in quality between the two rivals.
MANCHESTER, England — Fernandinho has said that Manchester City are trying to give him as much as rest as possible with no direct alternative for his holding midfield role.
Pep Guardiola wants two players for every position and had wanted to bring in Jorginho in the summer but missed out when the Italy international followed manager Maurizio Sarri to Chelsea from Napoli instead. City have been looking at alternatives, with Ajax midfielder Frenkie de Jong and Wolves’ Ruben Neves scouted…

Sergio Aguero, Fernandinho each earn 9/10 as Man City hold nerve in win vs. United

David Silva, Sergio Aguero and Ilkay Gundogan all scored for Manchester City as they dominated Manchester United in a 3-1 victory.

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City maintained their two-point lead at the top of the Premier League table with a deserved 3-1 victory over Manchester United on Sunday, but more important for the fans will be the win over their rivals. David Silva fired them into a 12th-minute lead, which was doubled by Sergio Aguero in the second half. United threatened a comeback from Anthony Martial’s penalty, but Ilkay Gundogan finished it with a coolly taken third in the final five minutes.

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Manchester City have edge over Liverpool, Chelsea due to squad – Fernandinho

The ESPN FC crew pick apart Tottenham’s lacklustre performance in their loss to Manchester City and weigh up their season so far.

Former Leicester City star Riyad Mahrez pays tribute to the memory of Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha after scoring in Manchester City’s win at Tottenham.

Manchester City’s IIkay Gundogan rates Premier League players’ fashion choices including Raheem Sterling and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in ESPN’s fashion or disaster.
Manchester City’s depth of talent could give them the edge in the Premier League title race, according to midfielder Fernandinho.
Last season, City finished as champions on 100 points — 19 clear of nearest challengers Manchester United. However, with just two points separating the top themselves, Liverpool and Chelsea after 10 matches, many are predicting a much tighter race this time around.
And Fernandinho said Monday’s 1-0 win at Tottenham demonstrated the depth of City’s squad, and…

Riyad Mahrez, David Silva shine as Man City sacrifice style for substance at Wembley

Riyad Mahrez netted the lone goal of the game as Man City extended their streak of not conceding a Premier League goal to 10 hours in their win at Tottenham.
London, ENGLAND — Manchester City returned to the top of the Premier League with a hard-fought 1-0 victory at Wembley. Riyad Mahrez’s sixth-minute goal was the difference on a difficult night when the three points were far more important than the performance.

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It was a question of survival rather than skill as the flowing football had to be discarded on the dreadful NFL-marked Wembley pitch, which played as badly as it looked. But City dug deep to show their fighting qualities and produced…

Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho’s fitness easing club’s worries over midfield depth

The Exploding Heads take you inside Joe Hart’s Manchester City return and everything else that happened over the Premier League weekend.

Stewart Robson and Peter Walton discuss the controversial incidents in the Premier League this weekend.

MANCHESTER, England — Manchester City midfielder Fernandinho is buying his club time in the transfer market as his fitness has allayed fears they’ll need to move for a midfielder in January.
The Brazilian is the club’s only holding midfielder after City missed out on their summer target Jorginho and with scouts watching Ajax’s Frenkie De Jong and Ruben Neves of Wolves.
But sources have told ESPN FC that Pep Guardiola is prepared to wait until the end of the season before making a move in the transfer…

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